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What we do: Your editorial staff writes creatively about topical subjects by either theme, category or specified subject matter. Vocabulary.com reinforces that original online editorial content by using bold background graphics and your content in interactive vocabulary puzzles.
How we do it: We talk to your staff, capture creative thoughts from your original content and, then, integrate them with our graphic vocabulary puzzles to enhance and reinforce real-time learning.
The benefit to you: With the compelling value of the puzzles, your readers/viewers will spend both more time learning and being entertained while visiting your site. They will make repeat visits to your site to seek more of your editorial content.
We offer six topical examples of our ability to reinforce editorial content with interactive vocabulary word puzzles that are featured below.
Go to our puzzle matrix to see a broad array of our graphical creations. We would be happy to discuss these content enhancing efforts and work on ones specifically for your original editorial content.
Content Topic #1: Women in History
March is Women's History Month. Editorial content was created to categorize women in their respective areas of achievement. We created interactive puzzles to especially highlight 12 women (4 per puzzle) in 3 different arenas. The reader had to discover the word assigned to each woman. We produced a word bank of additional words and wrote sentences with the words in context.
- First, Women Who Dared - Dian Fossey (preservation), Helen Keller (tolerance), Florence Nightingale (compassion), and Amelia Earhart (indisputable).
- Second, Women Advocates - Sarah Winnemucca (collaboration), Susan B. Anthony (temperance), Mary Wollstonecraft (suffrage), and Harriet Tubman (abolitionist).
- Third, Women Leaders - Bessie Smith (entertainment), Marie Curie (isolation), Harriet Beecher Stowe (segregate), and Indira Gandhi (humanitarian).
Click to see "Women Who Dared"
Click to see "Women Advocates"
Click to see "Women Leaders"
Click to see 12 words in context
Content Topic #2: "Are you afraid of monsters?"
Marauding Monsters. In another example, editorial content focused on many monster themes. At vocabulary.com we created interactive puzzles to especially highlight 12 distinctive words suggestive of their peculiarities. The reader had to find the words assigned to various monster traits. We produced a word bank of additional words and wrote sentences with the words in context.
- First, in 2 puzzles (8 words) Creature's Descriptions: (grotesque, repulsive, revolting, despicable, monstrous, reprehensible, repellent, aggressive)
- Second, 1 puzzle (4 words) The Havoc Created By A Creature: (devoured, adversarial, phenomenon, apocalypse)
Click to see "Creature's Description #1"
Click to see "Creature's Description #2"
Click to see "The Havoc Created By A Creature"
Click to see 12 words in context
Content Topic #3: Summer Insects
Bees & Buttterflies. A third example illustrated the editorial content focused on myriad types of insects. We created interactive puzzles to spotlight words that particularly typify their various traits. The reader had to determine which 18 words best suited each insect. We produced a word bank of additional words and wrote sentences with the words in context.
- First, Bees (six words): entomologist, proboscis, trepidation, insatiable, pollinate, indefatigable
- Second, Ants (six words): quarantine, subterranean, insecticide, industrious, ubiquitous, nemesis
- Third, Butterfly (six words): metamorphosis, iridescent, indigenous, nocturnal, embryonic, larvae
Click to see "Bees"
Click to see "Ants"
Click to see "Butterfly"
Click to see 18 words in context
Content Topic #4: "For Love of Science"
H2O, E=MC2, Au. In a fourth example, editorial content concentrated on the field of science; specifically, Chemistry, Physics and Geology. Our interactive puzzles featured words from these three subjects - a total of 12 words in 3 new puzzles. A word bank of additional words and complimentary sentences with the chosen words were provided.
- First, 4 words that relate to CHEMISTRY (molecule, catalyst, reaction, synthesis)
- Second, 4 words relating to PHYSICS (kinetics, matter, magnet, gravitation)
- Third, 4 words that relate to GEOLOGY (sedimentary, fossil, exploration, mineral)
Click to see "Chemistry"
Click to see "Physics"
Click to see "Geology"
Click to see 12 words in context
Content Topic #5: Valentine's Day.
How do you reinforce vocabulary for one of the most romantic days of the year? Vocabulary.com, in harmony with editorial content, chose the following 12 words that were either derived from a Latin or Greek root meaning "heart" or had the word "heart" in it. Chosen words are written in sentences and can befound in a word bank of associated words.
- First, "Candy Hearts #1" (courage, concordance, discord, core)
- Second, "Really Big Heart" (cordial, discourage, cordate, recorder)
- Third, "Candy Hearts #2" (heartbroken, heartthrob, heartland, heartiness)
Click to see "Candy Hearts #1"
Click to see "Really Big Heart"
Click to see "Candy Hearts #3"
Click to see 12 words in context
Content Topic #6: 20th Century People and Activities
Elvis, The KING. Editorial content stressed musical history and pivotal people as an important part of education. It is not surprising that Elvis Presley was featured for his enormous contribution to the Arts. Four words in the puzzle were selected to reflect his genius and impact on us today: gyration, adolescent, entertainer, revolutionize.
Ballooning is Magical. After man reached the moon and a land-rover toured Mars a writer described the peaceful serenity of floating in a balloon. The four puzzle words relating to this experience were acrophobia, panorama, descend, inflatable.
Examples of Vocabulary.com's Word Puzzles by Category, Theme or Date.
Some answers are provided on the puzzle but most are not! In the future we will provide a link here for ALL correct answers to ALL the puzzles below.
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